Picking the best piece to kick off your timeless investment. Thinking of starting a watch collection? Congratulations! It’s an exciting and rewarding choice that can bring pride and satisfaction for generations to come. But, like with any sizeable investment, it’s important to identify why you’re deciding to opt in, and …
A step-by-step guide to assessing the worth of your vintage and antique pieces We all have that one piece of antique or vintage jewelry we never wear twinkling at us when we open our drawer. The one you picked up at the flea market and just had to have, the …
A Bracelet Repair That Turned Into A Beautiful Testimonial Letter Today we would like to share a very special testimonial that made a big impression on our team. This bracelet repair testimonial was mailed to us last month, which was unusual because we are accustomed to Google and Yelp Reviews. …
Keep your timepiece ticking like clockwork with this guide on watch repair. *NOTE: In this blog, we’ll be discussing the functionality of mechanical watches and automatic watches — those powered by winding, as opposed to quartz watches, which run by battery power.* Having trouble with your mechanical or automatic watch? …
Met Gala 2019 – Jewelry Made a Splash With the Met Gala being the biggest event on the Fashion Calendar, and the attending fee being $30,000 per person (NO BIG DEAL!), there’s bound to be some Jaw-Dropping Jewels on the Pink Carpet.Now that we’ve had time to pick our Jaws …
Before & After Series A Professional Pearl Restringing On this edition of the Before & After Series, we have a pearl necklace that was broken, terribly filthy and knotted in between pearls, and required a professional cleaning and restringing. For this repair we had to: Provide new french wires Restring …
Before & After Series A Vintage Bulova Ladies Timepiece Restoration On this edition of the Before & After series, we have a vintage Bulova ladies timepiece that required a full restoration. This watch had a broken band, scratched case, chipped crystal, nonfunctional movement, and a severely tarnished dial. For this …
Before & After Series A Full Shank Replacement For A Silver Ring On this edition of the Before & After series, we have a silver ring with a red gemstone that had its shank completely broken off. It is important to note ring with patterns on its band and shank …
Before & After Series A Vintage Jules Jurgensen Timepiece Restoration On this edition of the Before & After, we have a vintage Jules Jurgensen 19 jewel manual wind timepiece. This watch had a cracked crystal, tarnished dial and hands, scratched case and clasp, and worn internal parts throughout the movement. …
Before & After Series A Vintage Bulova Timepiece Restoration On this edition of the Before & After series, we have a vintage Bulova timepiece from the 1950’s that came to us with pieces detached and loose. The case back in particular had corrosion and was not salvageable. This isn’t the …
